Navigating the West : George Caleb Bingham and the river

Navigating the West : George Caleb Bingham and the river /

George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879) moved to Missouri as a child and began painting the scenes of Missouri life, for which he is now famous, in the 1840s. This book explores how Bingham's iconic river paintings reveal the cultural and economic significance of the massive Mississippi and Missouri w...

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Main Authors: Luarca-Shoaf, Nenette (Author), Barry, Claire M. (Author), Heugh, Nancy (Author), Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin, 1950- (Author), Mahon, Dorothy (Author)
Corporate Authors: Amon Carter Museum of American Art, St. Louis Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Other Authors: Bingham, George Caleb, 1811-1879
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Fort Worth, Texas : Saint Louis, Missouri : Amon Carter Museum of American Art ; Saint Louis Art Museum, [2014]
Subjects:
Bingham, George Caleb, > 1811-1879 > Exhibitions.
Rivers in art > Exhibitions.
West (U.S.) > In art > Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Illustrated works.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Brent R. Benjamin and Andrew J. Walker
  • Introduction / Margaret C. Conrads
  • Fluid presence: George Caleb Bingham and the river / Nenette Luarca-Shoaf
  • Navigating the path of the brush: exploring the role of drawing and preparatory layers in the creation of the river paintings / Claire Barry and Nancy Heugh
  • Technical brilliance revealed: Bingham's fur traders descending the Missouri / Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser and Dorothy Mahon
  • George Caleb Bingham: A twentieth-century revival / Andrew J. Walker and Janeen Turk.

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